The First Volume: The Hollow Spirit Chapter 41: The Child Who Sought Help

  After messing around with two women until 2 am, Wang Yaowu finally fell asleep. When he woke up in the morning, there was a jade arm on his stomach and a pink leg pressing against his legs. Because of the heat, neither of the two prostitutes had covered themselves with a quilt, and they were sleeping naked beside Wang Yaowu, still closing their eyes.

  Wang Yaozu got up early and didn't want to wake the two women beside him. Wang Yaozu wasn't in the habit of bullying prostitutes to show off his authority, nor did he need to prove his strength. After all, the two women had done their best to serve Wang Yaozu well last night, and they had carried out everything he asked them to do with utmost obedience.

  After getting out of bed, Wang Ya Zu's first thing to do was to find his own underwear. The three people's inner and outer clothes were scattered all over the floor, with many red and green colors, making it a bit troublesome for Wang Ya Zu to find his own underwear. It took ten minutes to finally find everything on the ground. After dressing up, of course, he went downstairs to wash up cleanly before going out to eat breakfast.

  After telling Wu's mother, Wang Yaowu was about to leave, but as soon as the door opened, he saw two small figures sitting at his own doorstep. Upon hearing the sound of the door opening, the two small figures immediately turned their heads towards Wang Yaowu, and for a moment, Wang Yaowu couldn't react in time. Then, someone said to him: "Mr. Wang, something's happened, please save my sister."

  It was Xiaoshan and his sister, both of whom looked a bit rough but were dressed in many more clothes. Their hair had been slightly tidied up, and they had washed their faces. Wang Yaoyu only had an impression at first, but couldn't recognize them immediately. However, after confirming their identities, Wang Yaoyu also noticed that Xiaoshan's sister seemed to be very afraid. Even with her brother by her side, she was still trembling with fear.

  "Come in, come in. There's something to talk about inside. You two haven't eaten yet, have you? It just so happens that Wu Ma has just started cooking rice." Wang Ya Zu turned around and let the siblings in. Wang Ya Zu was going out to eat, while Wu Ma would cook breakfast at home. If there were prostitutes upstairs, Wu Ma would also cook for them, letting them eat before leaving.

  "Wu Ma, I won't go out to eat anymore. Cook a bit more for the two of them. Also, boil some hot water so they can wash their bodies clean. How long have you two been sitting in front of my door? If you're hungry, there are some biscuits here that you can eat first." Wang Ya Zu personally took out the biscuits from his home and handed one to Xiao Shan. Xiao Shan shook his head, looked at his sister beside him, and Wang Ya Zu immediately handed the biscuit to her instead. The little girl, still a bit afraid, reluctantly accepted the biscuit and nibbled on it. When Wang Ya Zu offered a second biscuit, Xiao Shan also accepted it.

  Wang Yaozu had a good impression of the Xiaoyu siblings. The small thread he set up with good intentions at first unexpectedly helped Wang Yaozu in a big way so quickly. This was not only luck, but also fate. Wang Yaozu didn't believe in gods or Buddha, nor did he believe in God, but he believed in destiny. It was precisely because of the care of heaven that Wang Yaozu had lived until now.

  Cooking for three people was nothing to Wu Ma, it just took some time to boil the water. However, when the hot water was ready and Xiao Shan went to take a bath with his sister, the two women upstairs were still not up. Wang Ya Zu would not go to wait or wake them up, so four people ate sweet potato porridge with small dishes, which was pretty good. Wu Ma's sweet potato porridge was delicious, and the side dishes suited Wang Ya Zu's taste, but even if you eat at home every day, no matter how delicious the food is, it will get boring. Sweet potato porridge and millet porridge have their own flavors, the key is that Wang Ya Zu wanted to eat vegetable buns, but Wu Ma couldn't make better-tasting vegetable buns than those outside.

  At mealtime, Xiaoyue's hands were still shaking from time to time. The little girl was probably frightened. Wu Ma looked at her with pity and took the initiative to help Xiaoshan take care of his sister. Under Wu Ma's care, Xiaoyue finally finished eating with difficulty, and her face was not so pale. Wang Ya Zu, who was quietly eating on the side, thought that Xiaoyue was quite pretty after a moment of evaluation.

  The four of them finished their meal, and Wu Ma voluntarily stood up to collect the bowls and chopsticks, taking the used ones to the back to wash, thus avoiding Wang Yaowu's time to discuss serious matters. Wu Ma has always been like this, she doesn't want to know anything about Wang Yaowu's serious matters, for this ordinary rural woman, what Wang Yaowu did was all creating karma.

  "What exactly happened? What scared your sister like this? Just tell me directly." A little girl was scared like this, but didn't seem to have suffered any actual harm. Wang Ya-zu guessed that she must have seen something she shouldn't have, even a murder scene. In Shanghai, although people were killed every day, it was still rare for someone to witness a murder with their own eyes.

  When Wang Yaowu asked this, Xiaoyue immediately reacted and became afraid again. Xiaoshan quickly hugged his sister with his hands to calm her down, then said to Wang Yaowu: "Mr. Wang, my little sister saw someone being killed last night, the killer knew my sister too, but he didn't do anything to her at that time. However, I'm scared, afraid that he might suddenly change his mind and want to kill my sister and me to silence us, so I let my brothers hide somewhere else first. I really can't think of any safe place, even the Shantang where we used to take refuge is not an option, so we had no choice but to come to you, Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang, I only ask that you protect my sister well, she's all I have left, and before our parents passed away, they told me to take good care of her, so please, Mr. Wang."

  After finishing speaking, Xiaoyue knelt down, and then Xiaoyuan also knelt down. The tears of the little girl were already flowing down, but under Xiaoyue's comfort, Xiaoyuan persisted in not crying out loud. Wang Yaowu could affirm that the feelings between these two siblings were really deep.

  "Don't cry, my head hurts when you cry. Some things can't be solved when I have a headache. All of you get up first, what I want to know now is who was the killer? Who was the victim? Where was the crime scene, where did the murder take place? When someone wants to kill you, the best way isn't to hide or defend against being killed, but to find a way to kill that person who wants to kill you."

  Wang Yaozu was in a good mood and decided to take care of this matter. Recently, several things have been resolved smoothly, and last night Tie Tou, Mao Zi, and Shi Ankou didn't call him, which means nothing happened. Everything is going smoothly, if not, Shi Ankou would have sent someone to find Wang Yaozu in the middle of the night, regardless of whether he was sleeping or doing other things.

  "It was Old Qian, the owner of the Qian's grocery store. We all called him Uncle Qian. He was usually nice to us little beggars, even when he knew I stole things, he still gave me food when my sister was hungry and told me to study hard and not steal. Uncle Qian and Auntie Qian were good people, but I never thought Uncle Qian would kill someone, in the backyard of our resting place, the Land Temple. My sister saw everything, and he found out too, according to my sister, Uncle Qian choked her neck, but let go after a while, then left. Maybe Uncle Qian was soft-hearted at that moment and didn't kill my sister, but now I'm afraid he'll regret it and come back to kill my sister. I didn't report to the police, they only take money and won't help us."

  "Who was killed? If this thing is really as you said, I believe there would be other ways to solve it. Both sides could sit down and talk, make a promise and that's it. In Shanghai, the number of people who deserve to die is just too many. Even Wu Ma, who has been reciting Buddhist scriptures every day according to my instructions, has thought about killing someone before. Not to mention those who do small business."

  It's easy to catch a small grocery store owner, but Wang Yaoyu likes something with a bit of challenge, and at the same time, lay out some more threads. Grocery stores sell many things, and there are many buyers, so people who open grocery stores generally know a lot about the news in their neighborhood, and it's easy to find out if there are any outsiders appearing. Such threads can be laid out with just one or two meetings and conversations.

  "I didn't recognize him, and his clothes didn't look like those of a Taoist priest either. He should be almost thirty years old. After being woken up by my younger sister, I saw the body, but Uncle Qian was already gone. I took the wallet from the body." Xiaoshan finished speaking and brought out the wallet. Wang Yaizu appreciated Xiaoshan's approach, thinking that when fleeing, one must bring money, and with money, it wouldn't be a problem to hide anywhere.

  Wang Yaizu took the wallet and believed that nothing inside had been moved for the time being. However, except for the money, there was nothing else inside. Thirteen silver dollars and ten banknotes with a face value of ten yuan issued by Zhu's Bank.

  "There's no proof of the identity of that dead fool inside. You can stay here for now. I have to go to work, Wu Ma will take care of you. Stay home and don't run around, when I get back from work I'll help you deal with it." Wang Ya Zu said as he returned the wallet, patted the heads of Xiao Shan and Xiao Yue, then stood up and left. Gunsmoke Silently, Book 1: Empty Spirit Chapter 41: The Children Who Sought Help